24 May 1968
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Newspaper
Norwalk Reflector
Location
Norwalk, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1968
Page
1
In a jammed New York courtroom Alice Crimmins admitted to several illicit love affairs but denied telling a lover she killed her daughter. The 4 year old Alice Marie Crimmins is the defendant, frequently tearful during questioning by Assistant District Attorney Anthony Lombardino.
In Rio de Janeiro police under new chief Geraldo Padilha conducted a beach cleanup at Copacabana today. The official warned offenders that makers and prostitutes face the work farm while crooks go to jail and hippies to the barber.
A vandal removed Bonnie Parker tombstone at a Dallas cemetery on May 23 1934. Police recovered the 80 pound monument later that day after an anonymous tip. Clyde Barrow’s tombstone from an Oak Cliff graveyard was also reported stolen and remains at large.
Chicago announcement outlines "Boy power 76" aligned with the 200th anniversary. Plans include expanding staff by 50 percent and broader youth outreach to disadvantaged boys across the nation.
Cloudy with minor temperature change and light rain possible. Tonight and Saturday partly cloudy and cool with low 40s to 50s. Thursday high in Norwalk 57 and low 52. Humidity around 80 percent at 8 am and 72 percent at 8 pm. Marriage applications filed for David E. Kile and Elizabeth A. Fenn, both teachers.
UPI reports a split among Kennedy and McCarthy camps in Oregon as Kennedy calls for a united front to defeat Humphrey while McCarthy rejects any deal. Kennedy campaigns in Portland and questions Viet Nam lessons, and Humphrey laments timing but believes victory possible.
Dr. Raymond Yeager of Bowling Green University argues ghost writing dates to ancient Greece but rose with FDR. He cites Lincoln, Kennedy, Eisenhower, Stevenson, McCarthy, Nixon, and Kennedy aides, noting some presidents used ghost writers while emphasizing speaker responsibility. The Norwalk Kiwanis Club honors local high school seniors in the program.
Torrential rains over 36 hours turned streams into torrents forcing evacuations across southern Ohio. State and local agencies deployed National Guard, civil defense boats, and helicopters as four inches of rain fell near Athens and Circleville, with towns like Morrow, Circleville, Kinnikinnick and Enterprise submerged or isolated and roads blocked.
A test run shows the Norwalk Route 20 bypass cuts downtown delays, reducing eastbound and westbound times from about 11 minutes to roughly six minutes. The clocked speeds hit 60 mph on the bypass, with town driving at 35 mph and construction closing the westbound lane. A local truck firm notes savings in time and fuel costs per trip.
Paris UPI reports President Charles DeGaulle invoked his ultimate weapon, words, hoping to rally French citizens from the edge of revolution and preserve national stability.
A Norwalk eye clinic examined 232 people with seven possible glaucoma cases reported. The drive, sponsored by the Norwalk Lions Club, saw participants from Huron, Erie, and Lorain counties, with most in their 60s.
State Highway official announced the Norwalk bypass would open Monday afternoon despite wet weather causing minor damage. Governor Rhodes is slated to preside at 3:30 p.m. ribbon cutting at the bypass Route 250 intersection, with highway director P. E. Masheter attending.
Jack Marksall and passenger David Anderson escaped with minor injuries after Marksall steered a single engine Piper Cherokee onto a tennis court in Fairview Park to avoid crashing into a crowd. The plane burned after the landing as witnesses described the craft tearing through a fence and stopping near the opposite barrier.
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